MPs ease conditions to hire non-EU medical doctors

Ljubljana, 10 July - The National Assembly fast-tracked through parliament a bill which relaxes conditions to hire doctors from non-EU countries in a 48:12 vote on Tuesday to help UKC Ljubljana cope with the staff shortage at its Paediatric Clinic's heart surgery programme.

LjubljanaSNS leader Zmago Jelinčič (second from the left) at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaParliamentary Speaker Matej Tonin of the NSi (right) chairing the session of the National Assembly at which changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors are being discussed.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaSDS MPs Danijel Krivec, Eva Irgl and Marko Pogačnik at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaThe session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaLeft MPs Luka Mesec (second row, first from the left), Matej Tašner Vatovec and Violeta Tomić (first row) at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaMP Marjan Šarec, the leader of the election runner-up LMŠ, at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaNSi MPs, with Jožef Horvat in the front row, at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaMP Marjan Šarec, the leader of the election runner-up LMŠ, at the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaSDS MPs Eva Irgl, Janez Janša and Anže Logar coming to the session of the National Assembly which discusses changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

LjubljanaThe National Assembly meets to discuss changes to the medical practitioners act to loosen conditions for hiring foreign doctors. Pictured in the front row are Left MP Violeta Tomić, and SD MPs Dejan Židan and Bojana Muršič.Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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